28th April: Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on His Majesty's Armed Vessel (HMAV) Bounty, and sets Lieutenant William Bligh and several other men adrift in the Pacific Ocean. (Pacific Ocean, West of Tahiti (Near Tonga) - The Bounty)

28th April: (This date should be changed to 1789 (not 1787 as listed). Sorry, must have been my typo when submitted.)
28th April: Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on His Majesty's Armed Vessel (HMAV) Bounty, and sets Lieutenant William Bligh and several other men adrift in the Pacific Ocean. (Pacific Ocean, West of Tahiti (Near Tonga) - Bounty, The ) (The Bounty)

14th June: William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the HMS Bounty seven weeks before, reach Timor in the East Indies after travelling nearly 4,000 miles in a small open boat
. (The Bounty)

Tom Lefroy is sent away from the Austens; Jane begins work on Pride & Prejudice. (Becoming Jane)

Jacob Grimm comes home with beans instead of medicine for his sick sister, Lotte. (Germany - The Brothers Grimm)

Connor MacLeod begins living on Hudson Street under the name Adrian Montagu. He would continue to live here until at least 1985 under the names Jaques Lefebret, Alfred Nicholson, Rupert Wallingford and Russell Nash. (New York City, New York - Highlander)